A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

The struggle between nations is just that simple and unpretentious.

Sometimes it's all about swords and shadows, and other times it's just... child's play?

Without the knowledge of either Jiangxia, the designer, or Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, the "birth mother," 50 "awesome Plus" machines were about to go into battle for the country.

Moreover, the elderly man from Sichuan Conservatory of Music managed to secure a good price for these tractors—ten thousand rubles per tractor.

Overall, it both slapped the arrogant big brother in the face and became a foreign exchange earner. That's something to celebrate.

Unfortunately, Yang Youning received the news too late. He had just sent out eight tractors, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't come up with the number that needed to be delivered in five days.

Hearing this, Jiang Xia was a little confused: "Wasn't the machine tool repaired? I remember someone saying that it takes 3 minutes to make a cylinder block?"

"With sand casting and the efficiency of that heavy-duty lathe, it shouldn't be difficult to gather 50 machines, right?"

"Moreover, the integrally cast cylinder body has a higher reliability compared to the previous welded one!"

After finishing his long speech, Jiang Xia turned to look for his water glass.

Li Changfu casually handed him a glass bottle, and Jiang Xia glanced at the label: Glucose solution for intravenous drip.

Well, whatever, I'll just drink it directly, it'll be more nutritious~

Yang Youning scratched his head awkwardly: "You fainted, so the machine stopped. The cutting tool was blown away. Nobody dared to touch it."

Tsk, I forgot about that.

After all, the original cutting tools for lathes are made of high-quality Y-series alloys.

That is, the tungsten steel series.

Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill has been working with steel plates for so many years, and only once, when carrying out a special order, did they see a small piece of it.

After the project was completed, even the debris was taken away by the relevant personnel.

As they were talking, Li Huaide came in carrying a bunch of things, including apples, pears, and milk candy.

Finally, there were even two cans of malted milk powder left.

This was the first time Li Changfu had smiled at this relative, even though these gifts were for Jiang Xia. But that's how elders are; even if I don't like you, if you're good to our child, I'll let you off the hook for now.

After Jiang Xia taught Yang Youning how to reset the machine tool and repeatedly assured him that it could be used again after the tool head was replaced.

Li Changfu pulled Yang Youning along, preparing to go back and take a look at the old machine tool that had been reborn from the ashes.

Before they left, Jiang Xia rummaged through his bag and handed Li Changfu a rather thick booklet.

The old man took it and read, "A design concept for domestic industrial mother bed based on detailed surveying of top-tier foreign lathes."

My hands were trembling a little. I had thought my precious apprentice was just going to repair a machine tool. I never expected him to produce a design draft for an industrial motherboard.

But seeing his little apprentice's listless appearance, he suppressed his excitement and carefully hid the booklet close to his body.

After all, machine tools can be made slowly, but there's only one apprentice, and I'm still waiting to hold my grandson, so I can't overwork myself.

After the others left, Jiang Xia drifted off to sleep again.

I vaguely felt a gentle hand brushing across my forehead, and a faint floral fragrance lingered around my nose.

After an unknown amount of time, the floral fragrance was replaced by a fishy smell, like the sea?

I opened my eyes, feeling lost and dejected, when I heard a cracking sound beside the bed, like a mouse gnawing on the bed board.

Turning my head, I saw Wang Kui happily munching on a big pear.

Seeing Jiangxia looking over, he showed no embarrassment whatsoever.

He casually picked up an apple, wiped it on his clothes a couple of times, and handed it over.

"Give me one, it's pretty good."

"Hey, busy man, here you are? Where have you been catching spies this time?" Jiang Xia took it and crunched it down.

Sweet my foot! It was so sour that Jiang Xia's handsome face scrunched up in a grimace.

Seeing Jiang Xia's embarrassed expression, Wang Kui raised his eyebrows smugly. He had also taken a bite earlier, and of course, he couldn't keep this unique flavor to himself.

"I went to the port. If I had known you were lying down, I should have brought you some sea cucumbers back."

port?

"Hey, is that the port that Director Liu went to? Did he really only use 5 machines to complete the synthesis tower?"

Wang Kui scratched the tuft of hair that had stood up again on Jiang Xia's head: "I didn't see it. I didn't go to that port."

"Tsk, those five machines probably need to be repaired. Our factory's welders are really skilled; none of them have blown up."

Wang Kui pouted, "You didn't see just how awesome your 'Awesome Plus' really is. It can pull a 3-ton granite truck with a whoosh."

It's not easy to carve a hole by the sea, and you also have to be careful with the rocks that are carved out.

With three tractors, the engineers were able to save a lot of effort.

Previously, it would have taken two shifts to process the stones, but with the tractor, it can be done by just three people.

In particular, hand tractors are small in size and can easily turn around in small tunnels.

The old regimental commander was so happy that he kept saying that being a "bandit" was worthwhile.

That's right, of the eight tractors that Director Liu acquired by using up his good karma, three were stolen before they even arrived at their destination.

It was Wang Kui, the escort, who did it himself, making him the number one person to "steal from his own post".

Director Liu's feat of using five tractors to pull a nearly 20-ton synthesis tower was all out of necessity...

Of course, this couldn't be told to Jiang Xia. After all, if he heard it, he'd have to be prepared to go to the beach and eat crabs.

Wang Kui pointed to a large net bag at his feet, "This is something my old regimental commander brought for you, saying it's to thank you for the good things you made."

Jiang Xia leaned over the edge of the bed and looked around.

A bag of salted fish.

Okay, let's talk about where the fishy smell is coming from.

…………

Li Huaide was very happy to be back at the factory.

Because Li Changfu smiled at him.

He knew perfectly well why he was laughing.

He's figured it out lately: Yang Youning is nothing but a nobody; while Li Changfu is the real mastermind.

why?

Because he saw a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs personally visit that old man.

Just as he was taking Jiangxia to Xiehe Hospital, he personally witnessed Li Changfu chatting amicably with the big boss in the small garden at the hospital entrance.

This big shot is even higher in rank than his father-in-law.

Li Huaide immediately made a decision: since he couldn't win over Li Changfu, he would instead try to get close to his apprentice.

In this way, wouldn't it be equivalent to hooking up with a big shot?

No problem!

Just as Li Huaide was writing and drawing, thinking about how to make Jiang Xia, who was "elevated by his father's status," even happier, the long-awaited telephone rang.

"Tsk, it's been so long since anyone called. Is it really true that changing your mindset will solve everything?"

Li Huaide chuckled to himself and reached for the black phone.

After ringing twice, I realized that the one ringing was actually the red one.

Li Huaide's pupils shrank to pinpoints; this was a private line, usually used to communicate with his father-in-law.

Could it be that my father-in-law has come back to life?

He had a lot on his mind, but he didn't dare to slack off. He quickly picked up the phone: "Big boss, I'm sorry. I just got back from the workshop. Production has been very tight lately..."

"Yes, that's right. I received the notification this morning."

Is it real?

"There must be some exaggeration, after all, the designers said it could only carry 2 tons, any more and it would explode."

"Okay, okay, you're busy!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Huaide stroked his chin: The intelligence should be correct, after all, he had seen the overall design drawings, and what was marked on them was actually only 1 ton.

Let's generously double it, that's the absolute maximum!